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Since Ann Z and I are both librarians, our site wouldn’t be complete without a list of books. This particular list is children’s books that feature glasses as a subject, characters who wear glasses, or characters who patch or wear contacts.

Follow the links to find nearby libraries that stock the book, or to order the book from Amazon.com.

For more reviews of children’s books for specific situations, take a look at Little Parachutes (they have a category for glasses, as well as categories for all sorts of topics and situations).

If you are ever interested in writing a book review of any other books that you think would fit here, please let me know (ann@shinypebble.com). We are not paid for our reviews.

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Books that have glasses or characters wearing glasses, even though they’re not specifically about wearing glasses:

These are books that have nothing to do with wearing glasses, but they have pictures of kids wearing glasses, or just pictures of glasses (in the case of some of the word books). I wanted to add this category because I think it’s nice to have some books that depict glasses as just a normal thing without making a big deal out of it.

GREAT NEW BOOK! I’ve been meaning to tell you about it for ages, but it kept slipping my mind. It’s called “Princess Peepers” by Pam Calvert, and it’s about a little princess who *loves* wearing her funky glasses, but then feels bad about them when she gets teased by the other non-glasses wearing princesses. She decides to go without, and all sorts of craziness happens. It’s wonderful, you’ll have to check it out!

My name is Meredith Braunstein and my husband and I just wrote a children’s book called Don’t I Look Smart?!. It can be found on Blurb.com. If anything please tell me what you think. I would love to hear comments.

This book was written for our beautiful son Zachary who is 3 years old. He’s been wearing glasses since 9 months and has embraced them. 🙂

Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses is a new book for kids selling like hot cakes. Kids are even sleeping with the book under their pillows. A book in rhyme with hidden glasses throughout the story make this a one of a kind book. Randy Kazandy is getting his first pair of glasses and he doesn’t like them so he has many tricks up his sleeve. But, mom on guard will not be outsmarted by dear Randy and has a plan. The book ends triumphantly and Randy Kazandy has a motto: “I love being me” that is catching on. The book is sold everywhere and now on the Jobson Optical website. Please visit randykazandy.com and whimpublishing.com for more information about Randy Kazandy. Free games on the website to strengthen kids eyes. This book has a gentle lesson of self acceptance.

My four year old son loves the book Tracks by David Galef. Since it is out of print it has been a bit of a pain to get but it was worth it. Luc loves trains. So being able to find a book with trains and about someone with glasses was a real find. I am so glad I was able to find this website and this list of books. It has really made our transition to glasses easier.

Hi, we are looking for a children’s book about how to take care of your glasses for our 3 year old and his classroom – about being gentle, other kids not pulling them off, putting them away during nap, keepign them clean, etc… Any thing like this out there? Thanks!

HI Mary! Sorry, but I don’t think I’ve seen any books that deal with glasses “care”. Some of the other books listed might mention it in passing, but nothing springs to mind. Maybe this is a book opportunity staring you in the face! 🙂 Good luck!

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“Ella: The Little Ladybird with a Big Heart” by Alex.T.Smith is our favourite book at the moment! It retells the story of Cinderella, however ‘Ella’ is a beautiful specs wearing ladybird who drops her sparkly glasses at the Grand Bug Ball and Pierre the handsome painter uses them to find her! It’s gorgeously illustrated and set in Paris.

Wonderful books. I have been hunting the internet for good books to read my little ones so thanks! Here is a list with more books for kids but not category-specific like this one, check it out books for children. Hope it helps.

Another good book is “I Really Absolutely Must Have Glasses” from the Charlie and Lola series. Lola really wants glasses because they are so pretty, and she is upset that she doesn’t need them. My glasses wearing daughter loved it. It is a great book for making kids feel good about their glasses.

“Bobbie and Joanie are best friends and best cousins, and they do everything together. So when Joanie has to get glasses, Bobbie figures she’ll get them, too—especially once she discovers the fabulous frames on display at the eyeglasses store. Meanwhile, Joanie has the opposite reaction. Glasses make her feel different and look different. And they’re uncomfortable. So the ever-resourceful Bobbie comes up with a perfect plan to make both of them happy.”

I am lost. Age 3 I was told my daughter may need reading glasses, six months later her left eye started to turn in. 1st optometrist orders a mild prescription glasses for hyperopia and astigmatism. The eye turned in worse, I seek a second optometrist he prescribes od +4.50 and os +5.50. Now, confused I seek my physicians advice. He sends me to children’s hospital to see an opthomologist who diagnoses her with Anisometropia, amblyopia and strabismus and agrees with optometrist number two. She wants to put her in high powered lenses, if the eye still turns then patching and less
Ikely surgery. I call optometrist number one as I bought glasses from him a few months earlier. He disagrees with that approach and wants to increase the prescription a little at a time. He said its like giving a person with a headache 4 Tylenol when 1 may work. He also said that the way the glasses will look may affect her self esteem which im not going to lie, i worry a bit about too. First and formost should i try his little by little approach? Would this risk damaging her eye or is it actually better to do it this way. I’m so confused, what should I do? I’m scared I’m messing up. I love her so much, I just want to do everything I can for her.

There is a wonderful book I discovered when we went to the eye doctor for the first tie with my four year old son today. It was called, “I Can See Just Fine!”. It was funny and adorable! What perfect timing it was to find the book and read it several minutes before my son was examined!

I just looked that up, what an awesome and fun book! (though a little long for the very young kids) It’s out of print now (being from 1968), but it is still available at a lot of libraries: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301726

I have independentely published a book called No Glasses for Me that I think you might be interested in. It is about a little boy who becomes very upset when he finds out he will have to wear glasses. He thinks the children in his school will tease him. He discovered that having some unique glasses make the other children envy him instead of teasing him.

Can you add that My Bright Blue Glasses can also be purchased through the author at (www.facebook.com/mybrightblueglasses) or barnesandnoble.com? Right now it just shows up as being available on amazon.
Thanks. Cynthia

Oh good question! The book “Blueberry Eyes” is about eye surgery. I haven’t read it, but I’ve heard good things. Another parent said that her daughter enjoyed the book Pinkalicious because the girl gets pink tears, and that can happen in eye surgery — but that book really isn’t about eyes or surgery at all.

We received “Blueberry Eyes” yesterday and my son has already requested it five times! It is out of print, unfortunately, but you can get it used from online stores like Amazon. Thanks again for this suggestion – it was great to have something that is specific to an eye surgery; most of the books we found at the library were dealing with more involved procedures.

After 15 years of research, we are pleased to present you The Eye Patchbook (Het Oogplakboek).
We developed ‘The Eye Patchbook’ to improve compliance with patching therapy and it is available now on: http://www.stammetjes.nl/het-oogplakboek/
We integrated the explanation: ‘How to wear a patch on the better eye, so the lazy eye can be trained.’ into a comic book without words. A four-year old child can recognize itself in the story and, therefore, be more willing to comply with the treatment. Inside the booklet you find calenders and stickers and information for parents in several languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Turkish and Arabic. It will enhance compliance with your child.
This program has been scientifically tested in collaboration with the ophthalmology department of the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Kind regards,
José Vingerling

Hi there. We have a book that we love for you to add to your list. “Donde estan mis gafas?” by Maria Pascual. (Translates to “Where are my glasses?”) It is a wordless picture book about a man who has lost his glasses and is looking everywhere for them. Of course the reader can see them the whole time! It has very unique and funny illustrations (a dog’s mouth full of toys, an eye chart bedspread, potty humor, etc.) We got this book when my daughter was 4 and she is nearly 7 now and we still read it about once a month or so. Here is the link on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/¿Dónde-están-mis-gafas-Spanish/dp/8415357052/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465368433&sr=8-1&keywords=Donde+estan+mis+gafas
And again, this book is not just for Spanish speakers, it is really for any language at all because the story is told in pictures and not words.

Hello! I have a book I’d like to add to this thread. I wrote Ava the Monster Slayer; A Warrior Who Wears Glasses about my daughter who was diagnosed with accommodative esotropia at age two! After reading the book on one of my many school visits, a young boy raised his hand and said, “I had no idea girls with glasses could do such things!” So cute! Here’s the link to Amazon to check it out!https://tinyurl.com/yythggr7

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The information provided here is based on our own experiences and the experiences of our readers. It is not meant to provide a medical opinion about your child's specific case. The problems of every patient are unique and should be addressed by their optometrist or ophthalmologist in a face-to-face conversation.

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